MIC will not be over confident of the Indian community's support to Barisan Nasional in the Bagan Pinang by-election, said party president S Samy Vellu today.
According to the veteran politician, there is still much room for improvement.
"We should not take for granted that this winning streak would continue. We must really look after the needs of the Indians.
"Only then can we be assured of continued support for BN from the Indians," he said in a statement.
In view of this, Samy Vellu said after helping BN to secure 70 percent of the Indian votes in Sunday's by-election, MIC will now concentrate on fulfilling its pledges to the voters.
"It is time to carry out the work so that we (BN) will continue to have the trust of the Indian community," he added.
He convened a meeting of party leaders at the MIC headquarters here yesterday and gave them individual tasks to complete.
"We have identified several problems affecting the Indian community in Bagan Pinang and we must be able to resolve them with government intervention.
"Otherwise, we will be blamed for only seeking their votes and not doing anything for them," he said.
Different strategy deployed
Samy Vellu said MIC deployed a different strategy in wooing the Indian voters in Bagan Pinang and it proved to be successful.
"We had dealt with the Indian voters directly, communicating with them in their language and understanding their problems as they see it," he said.
The MIC supremo said the same strategy would be adopted in the next general election, "and hopefully, we can see a repeat of Bagan Pinang".
Meanwhile, MIC vice-president and Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam said the party would re-mobilise its 3,600 branch chairpersons to ensure the needs of the Indians are taken care.
"We will do more and win back the Indian voters just like what we did in Bagan Pinang," he said.
Subramaniam said apart from the hard work of MIC leaders and members in Bagan Pinang, Indian voters were captivated by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia concept.
According to the veteran politician, there is still much room for improvement.
"We should not take for granted that this winning streak would continue. We must really look after the needs of the Indians."Only then can we be assured of continued support for BN from the Indians," he said in a statement.
In view of this, Samy Vellu said after helping BN to secure 70 percent of the Indian votes in Sunday's by-election, MIC will now concentrate on fulfilling its pledges to the voters.
"It is time to carry out the work so that we (BN) will continue to have the trust of the Indian community," he added.
He convened a meeting of party leaders at the MIC headquarters here yesterday and gave them individual tasks to complete.
"We have identified several problems affecting the Indian community in Bagan Pinang and we must be able to resolve them with government intervention.
"Otherwise, we will be blamed for only seeking their votes and not doing anything for them," he said.
Different strategy deployed
Samy Vellu said MIC deployed a different strategy in wooing the Indian voters in Bagan Pinang and it proved to be successful.
"We had dealt with the Indian voters directly, communicating with them in their language and understanding their problems as they see it," he said.
The MIC supremo said the same strategy would be adopted in the next general election, "and hopefully, we can see a repeat of Bagan Pinang".
Meanwhile, MIC vice-president and Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam said the party would re-mobilise its 3,600 branch chairpersons to ensure the needs of the Indians are taken care."We will do more and win back the Indian voters just like what we did in Bagan Pinang," he said.
Subramaniam said apart from the hard work of MIC leaders and members in Bagan Pinang, Indian voters were captivated by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia concept.
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